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CDF Conference 14-16 November 2014Hothorpe Hall, Leicestershire

Our speaker this year was Ruth Rice, aBaptist minister from Nottingham, who tookus on a journey in the Book of Psalms onthe themes of Order, Disorder and NewOrder in their application to our lives. TheConference grapevine during the weekendindicated that Ruth’s input was a realencouragement and blessing to many of us.

Session 1: “The forgotten treasure trove”.

Ruth shared her own experience ofpreviously being in a place of ‘burnout’while working as a teacher. During thisperiod, to which many in busy jobs couldrelate, she found solace in taking time outto understand who she was in the absenceof frenetic activity and deadlines. Sheworried that she may not be a teacher againand would therefore lose her identity. ThePsalms can be not only an emergency kit atthis time but a preventative; a parallel withdental care no less.

Ruth moved into church leadership andembraced the Psalms when she waspraying for healing in others but seeing littleresponse. She has found that, even to

people who know little of this OldTestament book, there is often particularcomfort to be found here. The Psalms aretherefore personally, corporately andmissionally important; a book of poeticalpraise and lament needing to be felt. AHebrew Bible full of rich language. Weshould “taste and see that the Lord is good”and learn to stop and stare. Take time out.“Selah”.

If we rest we become better image bearersof Jesus. Resting is spiritual warfare as wedeclare that we are not God but He is! Weneed to remain healthy in dentistry to doour jobs well and in the Psalms there isimportant health-giving information.

Psalm 23: “I will lack nothing” followsPsalm 22: “Why have you forsaken me …?”

After trouble “He restores my soul” and “Mycup overflows”.

Session 2: “The portrait gallery of God”

We more naturally orientate to Psalms ofOrder. But the God of Order is not the Godmost people in the world recognize. There’sso much we feel we need to achieve thatpausing to consider life seems implausible.The Rodin Gallery in Paris has “The Hand ofGod” sculpture which is a real restorative

when time is taken to pause and reflect.

Psalm 8: “O Lord, our Lord, how majestic isyour name in all the earth”. We need tostand and absorb the heavens, the starsand the trees. We should go for walks butnot come back too quickly having missedwhat God has made. Certain ‘thin’ placeswhere heaven and earth seem close as aresult of much prayer may make us feelwe’re almost back in the Garden of Eden. Aswe stop and stare, God helps us to co-create. In dentistry, as we assist people whofear receiving our care, we can help co-create for them. If we look for the one sheepthat has lost its way, others will see us‘grazing’ well and will want to follow.

Psalms 1 and 2 depict our ordered lives.Psalm 1 presents the overall theme:“Blessed is the man who does not walk inthe counsel of the wicked… He is like a treeplanted by streams of water…. But the wayof the wicked will perish”.

Deitrich Bonhoffer suggested that the onlyway to understand the Psalms is on yourknees. Those of us who worry, need to turnour capacity for ‘worrying’ into a capacity formeditation. Taking part of one Psalm eachweek and disciplining ourselves to awakento this each morning can build resilience

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Slowing Down, Looking Up: A Journey Through the Psalms in a Busy World

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Glory’s Semester Report:

CDF supports Glory Tumwebaze who is inthe second year of her PHDO course atMulago, Uganda. She has sent us thisupdate on her progress:

I have finished my 2nd year and will bedoing field practice at Rugarama. We areto report back to school on 8thSeptember.

This year we have studied a number ofsubjects including:

• children's dentistry,

• periodontology,

• operative dentistry,

• oral surgery,

• public health,

• research

God has enabled me to perform well inmost of the subjects so far.

We have been introduced to the clinic andhave already embarked on phantom headwork.

I have no major challenges so far.

I hope to work hard and finish in theexpected time frame by July 2015 andthen resume my duties at RugaramaHospital.

I would like to thank you for your tirelessefforts to support me financially andspiritually.

I thank CDF for continued supportespecially for the tuition that has kept mein school.

God bless you all.

Many thanks and kind regards

Glory Tumwebaze

and our ability to capture negative thoughts.Build good habits; they’re hard to break!

Psalm 100: “Shout for joy to the Lord … weare his people, the sheep of his pasture …the steadfast love of the Lord enduresforever”.

Psalm 103 “Bless the Lord and forget not allhis benefits”.

We often have insufficient time to noticeothers, let alone stop and minister to them.Ruth challenged us to check what we’regazing at. Is it God or is it the job? We musttake care that our jobs don’t replace thegazing at God.

Session 3: “Song book to sing the blues” –Psalms of disorder.

Disorder speaks loudly. Those outside ofChrist must wonder how we can talk of aGod of order. We bring a gospel of peace to abroken world but how can we do this withjoy? The Psalms are a reality check toprevent us from superficiality as Christians.

Psalm 51 speaks of the disorder inherent inDavid’s life: “Against you, you only, have Isinned”.

Psalm 130: “Out of the depths I cry to you,Lord”.

Our response should be to immediately askfor freedom from sin for personal disorder inour lives. Keep short accounts with God.

In Psalm 139 God knows we need him morethan anything else. The real point of thePsalm, however, is seen in verses 17-22“How precious to me are your thoughts OGod …. Do I not hate those who hate you?”

In Psalm 88 God is the perceived source ofthe disorder: “… day and night I cry outbefore you … for my soul is full of trouble andmy life draws near the grave …” Suchimprecatory Psalms bring a balance betweenlife and death and spring and autumnespecially for all who carry burdens whichthey want to lay down. God prefers us toshout at him and express what’s on our heartrather than give him the silent treatment.

Session 4: “Prayer book of Jesus” – Psalmsof Reorder

Finally we have the Psalms of New Order.These are full of the role of the Saviour.

Psalm 32: “Blessed is the one whosetransgressions are forgiven”.

The Psalmist has been through order anddisorder and is ready for New Order. God hasalways had mercy towards his people which

is good news for dentists and anyone whohas lost their way in the melée of theworkplace. Even if we feel we haven’t timeto pray or take a day off, we really can.

To be people of action we need to be peopleof intimacy with God, tapping the depths ofGod to have help on offer to others.

The enemy of our lives tries to take our lifefrom us through sickness, stress anddisillusionment. We must reorder what webelieve. We are people of the God whoreorders even when the enemy from withoutseems to be winning. The Psalms are a lovestory from beginning to end.

Answers to prayer will help reorder our lives.We should be disciplined to tell good newsstories even when bad news of other thingsis uppermost in our minds. For our ownwellbeing we must speak of the miracles ofreorder as well as getting caught up withpeople’s needs.

In the words of C.S. Lewis: “The Psalms make inner health audible.”

Neil MacDonald

For a link to the audio recordings ofthe conference talks please contactthe CDF administrator, Sarah [email protected]

Glory at her wedding to Ambrose.

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Clinical LectureSimon Crewe – Forensic Odontology

Simon gave a fascinating and hilariousaccount of forensic odontology andstarted by stating the obvious: It takes aparticular type of dentist to work in thisfield.

The main purpose of Simon’s work is five-fold:

1. The identification of found-remains of adeceased person.

2. Situations where mass fatalities areencountered (e.g. in transportaccidents or natural disasters) andplans need to be drawn up for large-scale resolution.

3. Where bite mark recognition is requiredin a criminal investigation.

4. Where physical abuse has occurred andfollow-up is necessary.

5. In a situation where age-estimation of abody is required.

Simon illustrated both routine andadvanced methods of working towardscorrect identification although each eventrequires its own nuanced approach togain best evidence.

Dental records are often an earlyrequirement and dental practices areoften best placed to help investigations.This is a particularly good line of enquirywhere the standard of note taking is highand contemporaneous information isavailable – a reminder to us all howimportant such a routine part of our dailywork may become. The Coroner’s Officewill often request records to be madeavailable and has powers to enforce this ifnecessary.

Patients’ radiographs,intra and extra-oralphotographs, details ofprocedures undertaken,laboratory items fitted(or requested) andassociated treatmentcosts can all add to thestrength of evidence in aforensic case. Aninteresting aspect of thisis that photographs canbe superimposed on adeceased person’s

mouth as an aid to help identifyanatomical and occlusal compatibility.

A panoral radiograph of a young person’smouth can assist age- estimation wheneruption of teeth, root lengths and othercharacteristics are reviewed. Aphotograph may allow pulp sizecomparison with standard charts using atooth/pulp ratio and is made possible bycounting the pixels in, for example, thepulp of a premolar tooth.

Bite mark identification. Measurementand sizing of bite marks are essential forthese to be investigated properly. One canusually tell the difference between adultand child bite-marks around a 30mmthreshold bearing in mind that a bite maysometimes be made by more than oneperson. Superimposing a plastertheoretical bite mark on an injury mayhelp give more detail of the injuries and,consequentially, who produced them.

Pathological investigations may be ofhelp in some cases where children havedied of systemic disease. This would haveparticular relevance where, for instance,there has been a nutritional deficiencyindicating unfavourable domesticcircumstances.

A substantial section of Simon’s talkfocused on the South East Asian Tsunamiof 2004 which produced a long termforensic project. The investigation washampered by illegal migrant populationswith no paperwork to assist identification.Where mass fatalities occur, and onlylimited early retrieval is possible, longterm decomposition may produce a less

reliable outcome. In hot countries this isaccelerated. Paperwork (e.g. phonenumbers on the person) may help locaterelatives but the process of body numbercategorization needs to be secure toavoid mistaken identity. Bone samples areoften used for DNA sampling to providefinal confirmation.

Racial characteristics (e.g. oral tori) mayhelp racial group categorization. Hand-held x-ray machines are particularlyuseful to assist forensic investigationwhere ‘the machine must be brought tothe patient’. In multiple fatalities a usefulmethod of triage may be to determinewhether there are wisdom teeth present,first premolars missing or numerous othercharacteristics. Dental records may alsobe collated with fingerprints.

Simon was at pains to stress that forensicodontologists don’t work in isolation. Othernon-clinical factors may be examined.Clothes and shoes may add to the picture inthe identification jigsaw. An unusual examplewas given where a deceased person hadshoelaces tied in an idiosyncratic way andthis was compared to a recent photo whilethe person was alive. Result!

Overjet measurments can also assistidentification using a previous facial photo.

Dentures and their size may indicate aperson’s identity. Even an old denturebrought by relatives can be reconciled towritten records. It can be tried in themouth of the deceased and will, mostlikely, be a key to identification.

Fissure sealants, arch retainers andsurgical pins in limbs may also bereconciled to dental and medical charts.Other distinguishers may include ear andfinger rings.

Simon lightened his rather solemn slidepresentation with humorous asides andanecdotes. Sighing was heard at theremarkably clever identification methodshe and his forensic odontology teamsadopted and his jaw-dropped audiencefound the ninety minutes passed like ten.

More, please!

Neil MacDonald

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Running the Race - Is it worth it?

It was a dark miserable Novemberafternoon late last year, whilst treating afew of my ‘running’ patients in quicksuccession and hearing all about theirexploits in various marathons around theglobe, that a challenge was laid down bymy nurse to do the Great North Run in2014. Well, it was a long time away and itseemed a good idea at the time. Neverbeing one to resist a challenge, I acceptedwith enthusiasm. After all, I had done thisiconic half marathon in 2011. However,then I was not working and able to focusall my attention on getting fit for the day.Three years later, my life is a tad different.I now run my own private practice andrunning is a luxury I do on my days off.However I did know in my heart that I needa focus and a goal in order to get me intomy running shoes and out onto the streetsin those spare hours, or they can justlanguish away in the busyness of life.

The months went by and the seasons cameand went. Training for a half marathondemands time and effort if you want to doit well. So, a small fortune was spent on anew pair of running shoes; the miles havebeen pounded, and the hills climbed (againand again!); apps and music have beendownloaded and the stopwatch put intoaction for those gruelling interval runs. I amfortunate enough to live in a very beautifulpart of the country. I have hills and woodsand open meadows in a park 300m frommy house. I have the canal towpath andthe river to run alongside. It’s my open airfree gym! And this very environment led meto thinking.

The correlation between running a raceand one’s spiritual journey has of course,been analysed before, by more eminentwriters of letters than me, but therealisation of these words only hit mewhen actually running.

Hebrews12:1 says “Let us throw offeverything that hinders and the sin thatso easily entangles, and let us run withperseverance the race marked out for us.”

Before setting off to run, I have a plan. Iknow where I am going and how I intendto do this run. It is not aimless and I putaside other things to go. I am determinedthat every week I will have completed therequired training runs. How wonderful itwould be if I could be so determined inmy spiritual life; puting aside other thingsto spend time with God; being focusedand fully expecting my prayer time to be

fruitful; if I could regularly cast aside allthings and activities that hinder me frompursuing God. Just as my training hasbeen tailored to the Great North Run, soshould my prayer life be for this “racemarked out for us”; our salvation hascommitted us to be in the race – it is nowup to us to run it well and finish.

To run it well

Our spiritual race is not one to be merelyfinished, but to live a life worthy of ourcalling. We can achieve this in manydifferent ways, but all of us have to put inthe basic building blocks of prayer,studying scripture and listening to God.

I couldn’t expect to finish a half marathonwell without putting in the intervaltraining, hill climbs and endurance runs.When I got laid up with a knee injury,knowing that I had trained well up to thatpoint, I could sit it out, albeit reluctantly.

When we face tough times in our lives, wecan sometimes only fall back on the factthat we know that our relationship withGod is solid and true because of the timespent in His presence up to that point.

The theory of this is not difficult butputting it into practice is! I often neededmy husband Jason, to push me out of thedoor when I really didn’t feel like running.Having a prayer partner, or someone youare accountable to, can transform yourdaily walk with God.

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And finish

This past year, I have put in someconsiderable hours of training, during manyof which I have questioned my sanity (indriving wind and rain), ability (there willalways be bad runs!) and why my body isacting its age, when I don’t! But I did it. Twohours three minutes of excitement, pain,endurance, perseverance and ultimate joy!

It’s not a big deal – it’s only 13.1 miles, but ittook time and planning to do it well.

During that time I came to appreciate someamazing gifts from God: words ofencouragement from surprising people; thebeauty of creation - from bluebell filledwoods to watching a family of swans growup on the canal; herons and kingfisherscatching fish; to a God who createdendorphins to give us a high after exercise!

It’s time and planning I need to put into myspiritual half marathon: laying down strongfoundations of prayer and quiet times withGod; putting aside all things that hinderand distract me from opening my Bible;recognising the sin and temptations that

entangle me so I don’t get to that quietplace. And to remember the joy that willcome when I do spend time in God’spresence.

So I encourage you to get out your spiritualrunning shoes (and physical ones if youcan!) to live and experience God’s greatstore of resources to run the race well andfinish!

Frances Vose

Practice For Sale

An opportunity to purchase a single-handed, private dental practice as aresult of impending retirement. Thepractice is an integral part of a fivebedroom house located in thebeautiful Loose Valley nearMaidstone, Kent.

There is a loyal patient baseestablished over 24 years. It is fourminutes walk from the livelyevangelical fellowship of All Saints'Church, Loose and a ten minutedrive to Staplehurst station withdirect, fast services in to London.

Sale includes freehold of theproperty as well as the practice.Offers are invited around £525,000.For more details, please [email protected]

The Student’sView of

ConferenceCDF is a really supportivecommunity to be part of and theconference was a great chance tohear about life as a Christiandentist after university. Also thefood and accommodation wereincredible and great value formoney as a student!

Katherine Hunter Newcastle

The conference showed me howthe skills in dentistry can be put touse to glorify God. I came backfrom the weekend feeling inspiredand encouraged, both in dentistryand my Christian faith. Plus,everyone looked after the studentsso well

Michelle Wooi Newcastle

It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Andy Rossiter,

a member of CDF, after battling cancer.

Many CDF members may remember him from previousconferences and even dental school. He will be sadly missed.

Frances (R) with her nurse Joanne

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CDF Conference 2014Hothorpe Hall, Leicestershire

The annual conference was held atHothorpe Hall again this year. Previousattendees will know about the lovelysurroundings and the wonderful facilitiesthere. Not only was there excellentteaching by Ruth Rice and a fascinatingClinical talk by Simon Crewe, there werelots of opportunities to meet with friendsold and new. It was also a chance tomeet up with some of our missionpartners both past and present to hearwhat they have been up to.

The Saturday evening entertainment wasa Ceilidh and there were plenty of peoplethrowing themselves into the action.Whether there has ever been such anavant garde interpretation of “Strippingthe Willow” seems unlikely but there wascertainly lots of laughs.

The children and young people also had agreat time with their own dedicatedprogrammes. As can be seen from thephotograph, the dancing experiencewhich was gained during the Ceilidhproved useful when the youngsters hadus up and dancing to a new song.

The conference was organised by Frances,who once again laid on a great weekend.It provides the opportunity to stop andrelax for a weekend, while also providingthoughtful Bible study and an hour ofverifiable CPD.

Whether you are coming along on yourown or bringing along your family italways proves to be time well spent.

Tracey Dalby

Many thanks to Karen Paterson for her wonderful photographs.

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ICMDA Conference 2014 -25th July Day Trip to Rotterdam

The International Christian Medical andDental Association (ICMDA) began 50years ago and brings together all thedental and medical Christian fellowshipsworldwide. In the majority of countries,there is one joint association for Doctorsand Dentists, but in the UK, Finland andGermany there are separate Dentalassociations. The UK Christian MedicalFellowship (CMF), with whom we arelinked, is very influential within ICMDA.We also have a direct link as we contributefinancially each year.

Every four years the ICMDA meet for their‘World Congress’, rotating betweencontinents. This year it was Eurasia’s turn,and it was held in Rotterdam hosted byDutch doctors and partly organised by thehead office in Vellore, India. The head officeteam communicated frequently andprofusely in the build-up to the conferencesupplying much information about thevarious meetings that were to take placeduring the conference. For the officialcouncils, I arranged for our friends at CMF torepresent us. However, as the conferencewas held just across the water from myhome in Norfolk, it seemed too good anopportunity to miss. So armed with anovernight bag and a willing travellingcompanion, I attended as a day visitor onthe Friday to investigate just what ICMDA isall about and what is its relevance to CDF.

Taking the overnight ferry from Harwich toHook of Holland and experiencing thecontrasting efficiency of Greater Anglia and

Netherlands Railways, we eventually arrivedat the DeDolen conference centre whichwas very conveniently situated within sightof the central train station We arrived intime to join part way through the firstsession of the day. This was the last in theseries of bible talks on Titus by AndrzejTurkanik, who is originally from Poland. Hespoke from Titus 3.

The talk illustrated that if we are reflectingChrist's intent, then we cannot help butshine in society at large. Titus 3:2 imploresus not to enter into conflict but to displayChrist's characteristics of gentleness. This isechoed in Philippians 2:14-15

'Do everything without complaining orarguing, so that you may become blamelessand pure, children of God without fault in acrooked and depraved generation, in whichyou shine like stars in the universe.’

He went on to remind us that we have beensaved by Grace and so we can also findhope for others that we come across - if wecan be saved, then so can they. We arereminded in Titus 3 :3-7 that we were oncedeceived and enslaved, displaying maliceand envy before God’s mercy alone gave usour salvation. We are reborn out of slaveryand justified and destined for eternal life.Our new trust in God leads us towardsdevoting ourselves to doing good. This issomething that we also need to bereminded of, along with the original readersof Titus.

Titus 3:8-11 explains further that we needdivine help to know what is good to do andnot to waste our time and energy on thingsthat don't matter, foolish disputes anddivisive personalities. Paul’s penultimateverse sums up the teaching from Titus 3:

‘Our people must learn to devotethemselves to doing what is good, in orderthat they may provide for daily necessitiesand not live unproductive lives’.

By doing good and living productive lives inobedience to Christ, we are shining in ourworkplace and homes. I understand thatTitus 1 and 2 demonstrated the serving andsharing teaching of the conference theme‘Serve, Share, Shine’!

After a short tea break, the keynotespeaker, Issam Raad, delivered a powerfullesson in how we shine in society at large,based on his experiences in war tornLebanon. He recalled trying to persuade hispastor to flee for safety when the churchwas taken over by Muslim refugeesbrandishing machine guns, only to findhimself volunteered as the doctor to lookafter these people. After several months oftrue Christian hospitality, the refugees leftall carrying Bibles and thankful they hadfound the one true God. Issam thenexpounded upon the example of Luke,the beloved Syrian physician whodemonstrated the four characteristicsthat modern Christian physicians (andpresumably dentists!) should demonstrate– He was called to be part of a rescuemission; he showed faithfulness andcompassion; he had integrity and precision(reflecting Psalm 25) and always pointedtowards Christ, the great Physician.

In the afternoon, between us we attendedseminars exploring the role of a nationalCMF, communication across thegenerations, the challenges worldwide ofattracting and engaging with students. All ofthese were very informative and helpful, aswe explore how we can attract morestudents and younger dentists ourselvesinto CDF UK. There were no dental seminarson offer!

Some time was usefully spent networkingwith colleagues from CMF, the immediatepast Eurasia representative and a handful ofdentists, and various delegates. Inparticular I recall chatting to a Nigerian girlcurrently studying medicine in the Ukrainewho came to faith through ICMDA and plansto return home to set up clinics for the poorin rural areas. It was evident that for manyICMDA is a valuable spiritual resourceproviding inspiration to follow Christ and toserve Him in our professions.

Many were indeed encouraged to SERVE,SHARE and to SHINE.

Victoria Rushton, CDF president

De Doelen | Rotterdam | The Netherlands

XV World Congress

International Christian Medical and Dental Association

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CDF Scotland

The CDF Scottish Annual Conference tookplace at Letham St Mark's Church ofScotland in Perth on Saturday 1st March2014. The hospitality team at the churchlooked after us very well, as always, andadded significantly to the success of theday.

The theme for the day was 'What does itmean to be a servant of the Servant King?'and the teaching from Philippians Chapter2 was led by David Ollerton. David is theleader of Waleswide, an organisation withthe mission to 'encourage the plantingand strengthening churches so that everycommunity and strata of society in Waleshas its own relevant expression of thegospel' (see www.waleswide.org).

I first met David at a meeting of Christianleaders when he said, 'What Wales needsis some more Christian dentists!' and so Iwas intrigued to hear more of thesethoughts about missional servanthoodfrom our profession. So, David wasinvited to speak in Perth and we werehugely grateful to him for making the longjourney from Wales, but also for thechallenging teaching he brought.

We started the day with a beautiful timeof worship so ably led by Andrew Masonand his team. David Ollerton thenopened up the book of Philippians andurged us to 'dig deep' in the Word as 'atext without a context is a pretext'. Davidset his teaching in the historical contextof ancient Philippi and also in the

scriptural context of Acts 17. He arguedthat the whole of the remaining verses ofPhilippians hinge on Paul's challenge inPhilippians 1:7 - to 'conduct yourselves ina manner worthy of the gospel'. Our livesas professional dentists and DCPs mustreflect the worthiness of the gospel.David suggested that this means not justto be a nice, courteous and proficientdentist, but also to proclaim and modelthe gospel.

Philippians 2:14 asks that we 'shine likestars' and David challenged us to doexactly that in the midst of professionaland societal darkness. He called us to beincarnations of the gospel, to take thereconciliation with God to the patients weserve and to let them know that theatonement is wonderful!

We then broke into smaller groups todiscuss three questions:

• How could we be more intentional forthe gospel?

• In the context of the GDC's guidelineson good professional practice, howcan we be 'not dentists who areevangelicals, but evangelists whohappen to do dentistry'?

• What would the sacrifices be formissional dentists and DCPs inScotland?

Following a time of group prayer, weheard the testimonies of ChrisSouthwick and Douglas Robertson -

both dentists but with very differentstories of God's leading and provision intheir lives. This was a highlight of theday for many of us!

Following a delightful lunch and time offellowship, we heard again from DavidOllerton about living as 'credible'Christians. He invited us to consider fourbenefits of the gospel:

• encouragement in Christ

• comfort from love

• participation in the Spirit

• affection and sympathy

We took these thoughts into the seconddiscussion session of the day andconsidered the following questions, in thecontext of what God might be saying to usindividually:

• What do the unchurched need churchto look like, if the gospel is to reachthem?

• What do the unchurched need me tolook like, if the gospel is to reachthem?

• What does the gospel-centred dentistand DCP look like?

With many challenging answers echoingin our minds, we continued the discussionduring tea and coffee. Just before weclosed the day with a time of worship,Colin and Emily Levey showed a 'taster'film clip of a car treasure hunt and BBQ tobe held later in the summer. (See Three-in-One Autumn 2014)

The extent of the challenge from David'steaching was reflected in how muchfurther discussion took place over dinnerat a local restaurant. We agreed it hadbeen an excellent day and many sharedhow important this annual event hadbecome to them as an encouragementand challenge to life as a Christianmember of the dental team.

John Gibson

CDF Scotland on their summer treasure hunt.